Name: Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus (Tasaki et al. 1991) Watanabe et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum Tasaki et al. 1991

Etymology: ther.mo.ben.zo’i.cus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. adj. benzoicus, pertaining to benzoate; N.L. masc. adj. thermobenzoicus, oxidizing benzoate at high temperature

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-mo-ben-ZO-i-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49756; DSM 6193; TSB

16S rRNA gene: AJ294430 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum Tasaki et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus subsp. thermobenzoicus (Tasaki et al. 1991) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus subsp. thermosyntrophicus (Plugge et al. 2002) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfofundulus Watanabe et al. 2018

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

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Record number: 798408